Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Ossie Davis.

Cast

• Godfrey Cambridge as Gravedigger Jones
• Raymond St. Jacques as Coffin Ed Johnson
• Calvin Lockhart as Rev. Deke O'Malley
• Judy Pace as Iris
• Redd Foxx as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
• Emily Yancy as Mabel
• John Anderson as Capt. Bryce
• Lou Jacobi as Goodman
• Eugene Roche as Lt. Anderson
• J.D. Cannon as Calhoun
• Mabel Robinson as Billie
• Dick Sabol as Jarema
• Cleavon Little as Lo Boy
• Vinnette Carroll as Reba
• Tommy Lane as "44"
• Gilbert Lewis as Black Beret
• Wally Taylor as Black Beret
• Lawrence Cook as 1st Young Black Man

Crew

• Ossie Davis — Director
• Arnold Perl — Screenplay
• Samuel Goldwyn Jr. — Producer
• Ossie Davis — Screenplay
• Chester Himes — Novel
• Gerald Hirschfeld — Director of Photography

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